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The School of the Air and remote learning - Australia's Culture PortalThe answer is Community Government schooling and the School of the Air. School of the Air is one of the means by which children in remote communities can access schools. Alternatively, community schools provide an opportunity for children to attend scho...
Organisations such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) have been established to bring these important health services to remote and regional Australian communities. The Royal Flying Doctor Service provides free emergency and medical care to people w...
Image courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald. Lawrence Hargrave, who achieved the first powered flight in 1894 with four box kites, was said to be symbolic of many Australian inventors and Australian innovation; 'He was interested in the invention, not th...
Mr Salchany, lighthouse keeper of Neptune Islands signals a passing ship, 1963. In Australia, lighthouses are built in harbours, on islands, coral reefs and beaches. Courtesy of the Australian Heritage Photo Library, Department of Environment, Water Her...
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NMA Collections Search - Alice Springs School of the Air tea towel. (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Alice Springs School of the Air tea towel. Description>An Alice Springs School of the Air tea towel. ...
How much harder then must it be when you're a School of the Air student and are learning your instrument over the air waves? Well it's a fact of life for students attached to the School of the Air in Mt Isa in north-west Queensland. Reporter Scott Barre...
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Discussions between Mr RG Pitts (Director of FDS in Alice Springs) Mr L. Dodd (Assistant supervisor of Education in the NT and headmaster of Alice Springs Higher Primary School) and Miss Adelaide Miethke set in train the beginnings of the School of the Ai...
The school of the air remains as relevant as ever for isolated pupils in theNorthern Territory. Despite the technology revolution, communication via radioremains an important part of this education process. Lindsay Wright visits MountDoreen station, abo...
School of the air eisteddfod - Scott Barrett (Mt Isa QLD)Learning to play a musical instrument can be daunting at the best of times, even when you have one-on-one instruction. How much harder then must it be when you're a School of the Air student and ar...
ABC Home | Radio | Television | News | Your Local ABC | More Subjects& | Shop School of the Air Sunday, 27/06/1999...
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The Tibooburra Outback School of the Air is the most geographically isolated school in New South Wales. <br/> <br/>View and listen to radio daily lessons from 9am to 11am daily or attend an interactive on-air whole school assembly every Friday at 9am. <b...
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Can you remember back to the days of your school sports carnival? Last week some 130 children - aged between three and 12 - descended on Broken Hill for their annual athletics carnival. Lisa Howard went along to see the action where she spoke with kindy...
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We go to the 50th anniversary of a school that has students from propertiesthat are spread over a million square kilometres across the Northern Territory,the School of the Air. Lindsay Wright digs up some archival sound to highlightthe valuable role the ...
The answer is Community Government schooling and the School of the Air. School of the Air is one of the means by which children in remote communities can access schools. Alternatively, community schools provide an opportunity for children to attend scho...
Australians were the first to use School of the Air to educate isolated children. > The Shell Questacon Science Circus giving a lesson via HF radio as part of the Kalgoorlie School of the Air. Gone are the days of the pedal radio, but School of the Air te...
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